Blücher crossing the River Rhine near Kaub on 1st January 1814, 1860. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin. Artist Camphausen,...
CURRIER AND IVES LITHOGRAPH 1860 LIFE IN THE WOODS STARTING OUT BEGINNING HUNTING FOUR MEN TWO CANOES STREAM WOODS
Symbolic representation of 'America' carrying the nations flag, the 'Star Spangled Banner', or 'Stars and Stripes'. Lithograph by Currier and Ives.
Childhood drawing of a steam engine by American statesman Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States of America. US Library of Congress
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar . American lawyer and politician, member, United States House of Representatives, 1857-60, in Confederate army,...
Portrait of American inventor Charles Goodyear . Experimented with rubber c.1830, bought patent rights to a sulphur process in 1838. Developed a...
Portrait of American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk . Toured the US , South America, and Europe as a pianist and composer with much success, wrote...
Colonel Edward Dickenson Baker , American politician and soldier, US Congress 1845-6, 1849-51, in Mexican War, US senator from Oregon 1860-61, killed...
American publisher and writer George William Curtis worked at the 'New York Tribune' in 1851, 'Putnam's Monthly' from 1852-57, 'Harper's Weekly' in...
American jurist Caleb Cushing was the US commissioner to China between 1843-44, a brigadier-general in the Mexican War in 1847, the counsel to the...
Zachariah Chandler , American politician. Mayor of Detroit, 1851-2, US senator, 1857-75, boss of Republican Michigan political machine, and secretary...
Salmon Portland Chase , American politician and jurist. US senator, 1849-55 secretary of the treasury from 1861-64 where he issued the first...
Portrait of Thomas Jonathan Jackson . Nicknamed 'Stonewall', American Confederate general in Civil War, July 1861, his troops held the line at Bull...
Sir John Alexander MacDonald , Canadian politician, premier of the Province of Canada 1857, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada 1867-73,...
Thomas Andrew Hendricks . American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1851-55, U.S. Senator, 1863-69, governor of Indiana vice...
Portrait of Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough , American naval officer. Fought in Mexican War 1846-47, explored California and Oregon 1849-50. Commanded...
Portrait of American financier Jay Gould . Practiced stock market manipulation of railroad securities from c.1860, eventually controlled the Erie RR,...
Portrait of American soldier Richard Stoddert Ewell . Originally fought for the Union, but in 1861 joined Confederate forces and led a division under...
John Fletcher Driggs . American congressman, member from Michigan of United States House of Representatives. Original Artwork: Engraving by G E...
Edward Bates , Lawyer, politician; Whig member of US Congress, 1826. Appointed by Lincoln to Attorney General, 1860-64.
Roscoe Conkling . American politician. He was a New York Republican in the U.S. Congress , and a senator . Conkling was opposed to President...
Charles Henry Davis . American naval officer, commander in 1854, served as chief of staff and fleet officer to Dupont in command of Mississippi...
David Davis . American statesman and jurist, associate justice of United States Supreme Court, 1862-77, member, United States Senate, 1877-83, acting...
William Benjamin Carpenter , English physician and naturalist. He was professor of physiology at the Royal Institution and professor of forensic...
Portrait of American politician Andrew John Albion ; Republican governor of Massachusetts, 1860-1866; anti-slave leader.
American writer Herman Melville , whose works include 'Typee', 1846; 'White Jacket', 1850; 'Moby Dick', 1851; 'Billy Budd'; 'Foretopman' was left...
Cyrus Hall McCormick, Senior . American inventor and agricultural manufacturer, invented the 'McCormick Reaper' formed the McCormick Harvesting...
James Harper , American publisher who began in the printing business with his brother, John in 1817, later with brothers Joseph and Fletcher,...
Alessandro Manzoni . Italian novelist and poet, leader of the Italian Romantic School, known especially for his novel, 'I Promessi Sposi' , 1825-27,...
Nathaniel Hawthorne , American writer of novels including 'Twice Told Tales' 1837, 'The Scarlet Letter' 1850, 'The House of the Seven Gables' 1851,...
American politician James Harlan, 1820-1899, United States senator 1855-65, 1866-73, secretary of interior 1865-66. Original Artwork: Engraved by...
American poet Paul Hamilton Hayne , a lawyer in Charleston, South Carolina, editor of Russell's Magazine, c. 1850, first published poems appeared in...
Robert Napier . Scottish marine engineer, built engines for Cunard steamships 1840, built Cunard's 'Persia' 1854, and H.M.S. 'Black Prince' 1860, one...
Samuel Nelson . American Jurist, associate justice 1831-37, and chief justice 1837-45 N.Y. State Supreme Court, associate justice U.S Supreme Court...
William Nast . First German missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Original Artwork: Engraving by E E Jones
Sir John Frederick William Herschel . English astronomer, continued his father's work on nebulas and double stars, Milky Way, magellanic clouds, and...
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs . American soldier, West Point chief engineer for the construction of the extension of the Capitol at Washington, DC made...
Luke Potter Poland . American politician and jurist. Practised law from 1836-48 in Vermont, elected judge of state supreme court 1848-60, chief...
Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de Lesseps . French diplomat and engineer. He entered consular service minister to Spain, 1848 While serving in Egypt,...
Adah Isaacs Menken . American actress, very successful in 'Mazeppa,' 1861, New York, and London in 'Pirates of the Savannah,' Paris, 1866.
Henry Barnard . American educator, Chancellor, Univ. Of Wisconsin, 1858-60; Pres. Of St John's College, Annapolis, MD, 1866-67; 1st US commissioner...
Simon Cameron , American politician. Democratic U.S. Senator , as a Republican ; U.S. Secretary of War ; Minister to Russia . Original Artwork:...
James Buchanan , the fifteenth president of the United States, held office between 1857-61, was a member of the US senate from 1834-45, U.S....
American journalist and politician William Gannaway Brownlow , was the editor of the Knoxville 'Whig' from 1839 until it was suppressed by the...
Benjamin Franklin Butler , American politician. Fought in the Civil War ; Governor of Massachusetts ; refused to return fugitive slaves, calling them...
Oliver Perry Morton . American politician, born in Salisbury, Indiana, founder of the Indiana Republican party lieutenant governor of Indiana 1860,...
Sir Lyon Playfair . British chemist and politician. Professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh 1858, MP 1868, deputy speaker of the House...
Robert Dale Owen . Educator and editor, son of Robert Owen 1771-1858, accompanied his father and stayed in New Harmony, Indiana 1825, taught school...
James Kirke Paulding . American writer, published the periodical 'Salmagundi' with Washington Irving 1807-08. His books include 'The United States...
Theodore Parker , American clergyman, reformer, lecturer and author, an associate of Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalists, engaged in...
Hugh McCulloch . American politician, lawyer in Indiana, bank official in Fort Wayne, 1835-63, U.S. Comptroller of currency, 1863-65, U.S. Secretary...